Rodgers leads Pack to win at Big D - NFL Summaries/Schedule/Standings

10/9/2017 2:24:28 PM

By The Associated Press

DALLAS (AP) — Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers did it to the Dallas Cowboys once again.

The Packers pulled out a thrilling 35-31 victory over the Cowboys in Dallas on Rodgers' 12-yard touchdown pass to Davante Adams with 11 seconds left. Rodgers needed just 62 seconds to engineer a 75-yard drive that left Green Bay 4-1.

The victory comes nine months after Rodgers' long completion to Jared Cook on third-and-20 set up Mason Crosby's winning field goal as time expired in a 34-31 win against Dallas.

Adams was playing for the first time since leaving the field on a stretcher following a helmet-to-helmet hit by Bears linebacker Danny Trevathan in Chicago 10 days earlier.

Dak Prescott had given the Cowboys the lead on an 11-yard touchdown run with 1:13 remaining, capping a 17-play drive that lasted almost nine minutes.

Aaron Jones became the first Green Bay running back with 100 yards in his first start as a rookie since Samkon Gado in 2005. Jones ran 19 times for 125 yards and a touchdown.

Ezekiel Elliott had 116 yards on 29 carries for the 2-3 Cowboys, who have matched their loss total of last season.

Also in the NFL:

— The 5-0 Chiefs remain the NFL's only unbeaten team after Alex Smith threw for 324 yards and three touchdowns in a 42-34 win over the Texans. DeShaun Watson threw for 261 yards and five touchdowns, but the Texans failed to recreate the magic they found last week when they scored a franchise-record 57 points in a victory over Tennessee. Houston also lost three-time Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt to a broken left leg.

— Second-year quarterback Carson Wentz threw for 304 yards and a career-high four touchdowns as the Eagles improved to 4-1 with their third straight win, a 34-7 pounding of the visiting Cardinals. Wentz tossed scoring passes on three consecutive attempts in the first quarter, including a 59 yarder to Torrey Smith. Zach Ertz and Trey Burton also grabbed first-period TD throws, and Nelson Agholor added a 72-yard scoring catch in the third quarter. The Cardinals are 2-3.

— Cam Newton threw three touchdown passes through three quarters and was 26 of 33 for a season-high 335 yards as the Panthers held off the Lions, 27-24 in Detroit. The Lions scored 14 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to pull within a field goal, but Newton iced the victory by hitting Kevin Benjamin for a 17-yard pass on third-and-8 to allow Carolina to run out the clock. The Panthers quarterback was sharp following a tumultuous week in which he needed to apologize for making sexist comments to a female reporter. Carolina is 4-1 after dropping the Lions to 3-2.

— The Seahawks and Rams are 3-2 after Russell Wilson passed for 198 yards and a touchdown in Seattle's 16-10 win at Los Angeles. Safety Earl Thomas forced two of the Rams' five turnovers, stripping the ball from Todd Gurley at the goal line on the Rams' opening drive and intercepting Jared Goff at midfield with 6:02 to play. Sheldon Richardson also came through with two big plays, diving to intercept a deflected pass in the third quarter before scooping up Goff's fumble near midfield with 2:45 left.

— The Jaguars picked off Ben Roethlisberger five times in a 30-9 thumping of the Steelers in Pittsburgh. Telvin Smith and Barry Church returned interceptions for touchdowns as Jacksonville beat the Steelers for the first time in a decade. Rookie Leonard Fournette ran for 181 yards and two touchdowns for the Jaguars, who are over .500 after five games for the first time since 2010. Both teams are 3-2.

— Joe Flacco hit Mike Wallace for two deep passes and was 19 of 26 for 22 yards as the Ravens whipped the 2-3 Raiders, 30-17. Flacco had struggled to get the ball downfield in losing the past two weeks, but he changed that with a 52-yard throw to Wallace that set up Vince Mayle's two-yard scoring run on Baltimore's opening drive. Jimmy Smith returned Jared Cook's fumble 47 yards for a touchdown that made it 14-0 just 3:50 in.

The Colts blew a 14-point lead in the last eight minutes of regulation before Adam Vinatieri drilled a 51-yard field goal with 1:38 left in overtime to complete a 26-23 triumph over the 49ers. Vinatieri is the last remaining Colts player from Peyton Manning's first Super Bowl team, so it was fitting that he win the game after Indianapolis retired Manning's No. 18 at halftime. Quarterback Jacoby Brissett had a 3-yard scoring run early in the fourth to give the Colts a seemingly safe 23-9 lead, but the Niners tied the game on TD receptions by Kyle Juszczyk and George Kittle from Brian Hoyer.

— The Jets picked up their third straight win and moved to 3-2 with a 17-14 victory against the winless Browns in Cleveland. Former Browns quarterback Josh McCown threw for a pair of second-half touchdowns to get a win where he was 0-7 as the Browns' QB the last two seasons. Kevin Hogan passed for two touchdowns after replacing an ineffective DeShone Kizer in the second half, but the 0-5 Browns dropped to 1-20 under coach Hue Jackson.

— The Chargers have their first win in five games after Philip Rivers threw for three touchdowns and engineered a pair of late scoring drives in a 27-22 decision over the 0-5 Giants. Los Angeles trailed 22-17 before hitting a late field goal and going ahead on Rivers' 10-yard touchdown toss to Melvin Gordon with 2:58 remaining. The Giants lost four wide receivers during the game, including Odell Beckham Jr. to a broken left ankle in the fourth quarter.

— Jay Cutler hit Jarvis Landry for a go-ahead, six-yard touchdown pass with 10:33 remaining in the Dolphins' 16-10 verdict over Tennessee. Cutler went 12 for 26 for just 92 yards for the Dolphins, who held Matt Cassel to 141 yards. Miami's defense sacked Cassel six times and scored a TD on Reshad Jones' 38-yard fumble return.

— A.J. Green contributed to three turnovers but also delivered two big offensive plays as the Bengals downed the Bills, 20-16. Green had a 77-yard touchdown reception and another long catch that set up a 5-yard touchdown run by Joe Mixon that put Cincinnati ahead to stay in the fourth quarter. Andy Dalton was 22 of 36 for a season-high 328 yards despite twisting his left ankle in the first half. The Bengals are 2-3, while the Bills are 3-2.